Tune into Hell's Kitchen Radio, with John Hell, every Monday night 8-10PM (Pacific), on Radio Valencia (https://radiovalencia.fm) in San Francisco. You can find my playlists and links to the podcasts right here.
You all need an exorcism from streaming services. The withdrawal is worth every drip of sweat and sleepless nights you are bound to experience. Those terrible voices in your head that will keep you up at night reminding you of the next recommended track you are missing when you cut them off cold turkey are going to hurt really bad. The headaches. The night sweats.The terrible desire to log back into your dealer, your pimp, the one who tells you they know what's best for you, for the low low price of $10 a month, but really, at the end of the day, all they want is your SOUL!!!! and $10 a month.
It's worth the pain.
Quit your dealer. Leave them on the street. Live on the right side of musical history.
I've got two hours of aural pleasure that will leave you wondering why you ever doubted the power of radio.
New music from The Bell Reys, and The Bell Reys who I saw at The Stork Club last weekend, along with Middle Aged Queers. GO SEE THAT BAND!!!
Lots of blues, funk, soul, punk, psych, metal, rock, and so much more than would ever be recommended for youknowwho.
Enjoy and please be the one who tells your friends they too need to drop the apps...except ours.
jh
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell Mondays 8-10PM Radio Valencia in SF http://radiovalencia.fm
Since there isn't a holiday for Hell Day...yet, I figured I should pay tribute to all the great laborers out there who never get the appreciation they deserve.
I've hosted a lot of Labor Day shows over the years, and I think it's my favorite holiday to celebrate. I've been a union member for most of my working career, being a teacher, and before that in the grocery industry. At the age of 21, I was a shop steward at a grocery store I worked at. I was a member of the Union Building Committee at the school I teach at for nine years, meeting weekly with the administration, keeping them true to the contract.
I have never had a hard time speaking truth to power. If I have learned anything it's how to finesse how I articulate the message that's needed to be said; all of which in support of the workers.
I will never cross a picket line.
The music tonight is all in celebration of the workers, most of whom are paid far below their value.
I shared a lot of worker history during the show as well. I'm guessing you aren't aware of a lot of the what I spoke about.
Don't like the way you're treated at work, then join a union.
Below I share the song "Rich Men Earning North of a Million, by Billy Bragg, which was a song he wrote in response to the song "Rich Men North of Richmond, by Oliver Anthony. I encourage you to listen to both (Anthony's first), to understand why Bragg felt the need to write his version.
Enjoy and please share.
jh
Hell's Kitchen Radio with John Hell Mondays 8-10PM Radio Valencia in SF http://radiovalencia.fm
Heartbeat of America: Billy Strings Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out: Nina Simone
Work Song: The Animals You Gotta Go Down and Join the Union: Woody Guthrie Nine Pound Hammer: Johnny Cash
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol: Bob Dylan Run Devil, Run/The Big Guns: Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore: John Prine Career Opportunities: The Clash Let's Lynch the Landlord: Faith No More
Mansion on the Hill: Bruce Sprinsteen Do You Want New Wave, or Do Want the Truth: Minutemen Crazy Baldhead: Bob Marley
Hey Joe: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Graveyard Shift: Uncle Tupelo This is Not a Song, It's an Outburst (or Establishment Blues): Rodriguez War Pigs: Black Sabbath
Get Behind the Mule: Tom Waits In The Pines: Fantastic Negrito
Inner City Blues: Gil Scott Heron Wild and Free: Curtis Mayfield
Get Back in Line: The Kinks Cumberland Blues: Grateful Dead
This Land is Your Land: Woody Guthrie What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong